[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> OK, so let's all make something up. So, Joni is doing a star turn at the
> Hollywood Bowl. I think this will be her first time at my favorite
> (acoustically incorrect, for now anyway) venue. The first song from her
> repertoire is, oh I don't know, let's say, Coyote.
... and then she sits down at the piano and says "these are some things I'm
working on" and plays through her works in progess, stumbling a little maybe,
giggling, singing the lyrics she's figured out, redoing passages, pausing to
think, and then going with what she has so far from beginning to end, one song
at at time, with maybe a bass player adding to the sound, while we all hold our
breath so we don't miss anything.
And after a while she eases into Paprika Plains and other musicians join in one
by one, and we're all back into familiar territory. Hanging out during the
chaos of creating can be exhilerating and anxiety-provoking too, so Paprika
Plains sounds "updated" but it's still an old friend. Aaahhhh.
And then she picks up her guitar and plays a few more of her new songs, ones
none of us have heard before, and these are a little more polished than the
piano tunes. Wow! And then for old times sake I'd love to hear her do Amelia,
in a spare way, just her guitar and a bass.
That would be one amazing concert!
Debra Shea
NP: Richard Buckner, Blue and Wonder
